The ARVINs were getting whooped and bad, the retreat turned into a route, the NVA took full advantage of this and stepped up their pace, Rich Killblane states that the perimeter at Khe Sanh was penetrated destroying two choppers and damaging four, that along with 22 casualties, the NVA knew they had hit the mark, Route 9 was no longer secure, with the stepped up attacks the fire bases were called in to help--it was during this time that the 523rd and Lt. Fuller was again called on for support, the projectiles a fire base needed called for a convoy to go farther west then any other, and at night--then if that wasn't enough he was told that if they didn't get through the fire base would be defenseless, with a huge convoy for this area and at night a gun truck was placed as usual every ten trucks with the Eve of Destruction in the rear with Fuller, One of the gun trucks called Fuller and told him they thought a truck had made a wrong turn, the Eve caught up with the truck but in trying to back up over a bridge (at night) part of the truck went off the bridge, the driver jumped out and was put in another cargo truck, where they were going was just short of the border, They made their way through the night and arrived just in time, they unloaded their cargo and the fire base continued their fire support, the convoy began to make their way back to where they had come from with Uncle Meat in the front and Eve again in the rear-- then up front there was an explosion, it was Meat--they had run over a mine and it had taken out the intermediate duels on the drivers side, those in the gun box were shook up but ok, the crew were told to strip the truck of guns and ammo but like I have said--these guys will not leave their trucks unless they absolutely have to, One of the crew remembered an old Bonanza movie where a covered wagon had broken down and they roped up the axle and continued, so that's just what they did--they chained up the axle and Uncle Meat was towed back to Khe Sanh and then on to Vandergrift, Later on the gun box was removed and placed on another truck then back in service.-------In the photos below the crew is Mike Cameric left, Logan Werth, David Rose, and NCOIC Danny Jones------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Driver